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193598943New York: Random House 1935. Deluxe limited edition of Porgy and Bess number 55 of only 250 copies signed by George Gershwin Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward and director Rouben Mamoulian. Folio original full red morocco raised bands top edge gilt illustrated. In near fine condition. An exceptional example. Gershwin read Porgy in 1926 and proposed that he should collaborate with Heyward on Porgy and Bess. In 1934 Gershwin and Heyward began work on the project by visiting the author's native Charleston. Gershwin explained why he called Porgy and Bess a folk opera in a 1935 New York Times article: "Porgy and Bess is a folk tale. Its people naturally would sing folk music. When I first began work in the music I decided against the use of original folk material because I wanted the music to be all of one piece. Therefore I wrote my own spirituals and folksongs. But they are still folk music – and therefore being in operatic form Porgy and Bess becomes a folk opera." Today Porgy and Bess is widely considered to be Gershwin’s masterpiece. This deluxe edition of the piano-vocal score according to Fuld no orchestral score has ever been published was published in 1935 the year of Porgy and Bess premiere almost simultaneously with the first edition and is boldly signed on the limitation page at the rear by George and Ira Gershwin and the other principal creators of Porgy and Bess: librettist DuBose Heyward and director Rouben Mamoulian Fuld 539. Random House hardcover
19351246541935. First Edition. Signed. GERSHWIN George. Porgy and Bess. An Opera in Three Acts. By George Gershwin. Libretto by DuBose Heyward. Lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Production Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. New York: Random House 1935. Folio original full red morocco raised bands black leather label on front cover top edge gilt. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $48500.Deluxe limited edition of the piano-vocal score of Porgy and Bess number 103 of only 250 copies signed by George Gershwin Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward and director Rouben Mamoulian additionally inscribed by Gershwin to his lover Kay Swift who was intimately involved in the composition of the piece: For Kay / Best / George / Nov. 1 1935. According to Ohl best their code word for love allowed them to be discreet.This deluxe edition of the piano-vocal score according to Fuld no orchestral score has ever been published was published in 1935 the year of Porgy and Bess premiere almost simultaneously with the first edition and is boldly signed on the limitation page at the rear by George and Ira Gershwin and the other principal creators of Porgy and Bess: librettist DuBose Heyward and director Rouben Mamoulian. Fuld 539. The recipient Kay Swift met Gershwin in 1925. A highly educated beauty of prominent social position she was not yet known as a songwriter her first big hit would be in 1929 with ""Can't We Be Friends"". ""If one measures by the dedication of his Song-Book to her his generous gifts of paintings manuscripts and other keepsakes that betokened affection plus the many hours he spent with her Gershwin obviously had a special place in his heart for Kay Swift With Kay Gershwin probably came as close to settling down with one woman as he ever did"" Schwarz 190. Swift was extensively involved with the composition of Porgy and Bess almost from the beginning: Swift was Gershwin's guest at the premiere of the play version by Heyward's wife. When composing the operamuch of which occurred at a cottage on Swift's country estateSwift was often in her words Gershwin's ""soundboard"" for new ideas. ""'He'd call me and tell me to rush over to play the orchestra part of a song. He couldn't sing. Neither could Ira. But we'd all sing Ira's or DuBose Heyward's lyrics sounding like a chorus of crows Each day as the work grew a few of usBill Daly his close friend and favorite conductor and myself Ira of course and DuBose Heyward who wrote the libretto as well as some of the lyrics were probably present much of the time. It was thrilling to hear the themes develop the recitatives build into such an inevitable part of the score that they flowed as naturally as spoken words would. The whole sparkled with a fantastic quality of imagination She also had an even more direct part in the opera's development. In addition to listening singing and playing the work in progress Swift sometimes notated portions of pieces for Gershwin evidently to expedite his later work on the compositions. He believed she wrote faster and more neatly than she could."" Extensive portions of the original manuscript now in the Gershwin collection at the Library of Congress are in Swift's hand demonstrating ""her role as an assistant to the composer and signify the trust he must have placed in her and her notational and musical abilities"" Ohl 95-96. During actual production Swift attended most rehearsals and was present at many of the casting decisions. After the preview run in Boston it was clear that the four-hour opera was too long so ""Gershwin Mamoulian composer Alexander Steinert and Kay Swift walked the Boston Common in the early hours of the morning deciding which portions to cut""; one month later at the premiere in New York ""Swift was seated between George and Ira"". Later Swift would deliver lectures throughout the country as part of the promotion of Porgy and Bess. ""Ira recalled that she had memorized the entire 559-page score and would be illustrating songs from it at the piano"" Ohl 97-98. ""After her yeoman's effort during Porgy and Bess he presented her with a leather-bound autographed score the present copy that reads simply 'Tosic Kay. Best. George.' 'Best' their code word for 'love' allowed them to be discreet"" Ohl 115. Interior fine spine somewhat toned light rubbing to spine ends. A near-fine copy with an extraordinary association. hardcover
1935321533New York: Random House 1935. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Libretto by Dubose Heyward; Lyrics by Dubose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Frontispiece and title page decoration by George Biddle. Small folio full red leather. New York: Random House 1935. Limited First Edition. The black leather labels are missing as is often the case otherwise near fine in a good slipcase.<br/> <br/> One of 250 copies autographed by both Gershwins Heyward and Rouben Mamoulian the director. A near fine copy in the original raffia slipcase which is roughed up on the spine.<br/> <br/> Random House unknown
1935174953New York: Random House 1935. Summertime an' the livin' is easy": the Gershwins' masterpiece signed by George and Ira First edition signed limited issue number 141 of 250 copies signed by George and Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward and Rouben Mamoulian. The show was a landmark for the American stage and for the casting of African Americans in the lead roles. Copies are rare in this condition. In the summer of 1926 and in one sitting George Gershwin read DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy about the Gullah community in South Carolina. "The potential of this book to become the basis of a powerful opera - his opera - jumped out at him. In the morning he wrote to Heyward saying they ought to get together to discuss the idea" Rimler p. 21. The immediate plan to adapt it into an opera was curtailed by Heyward's wife first adapting the novel as a stage play Porgy and Bess which opened in 1927. It was not until 1933 that Heyward and Gershwin settled on working on a musical adaptation with the agreement on 3 November 1933 that Gershwin would write the score Heyward the libretto and that Heyward and Ira would collaborate on the lyrics. On its opening night 30 September 1935 Boston's Colonial Theatre gave the performance a 15-minute standing ovation. The work opened on Broadway on 10 October 1935 and ran for 124 performances. "Combining the dramatic structure of opera and the musical style of jazz and Tin Pan Alley the work was especially important in the development of American musical theater. Although it did not recoup its investment Porgy and Bess was an outstanding achievement that brought black singers to the Broadway stage in significant roles" American National Biography. Quarto 311 x 230 mm. Colour frontispiece and pictorial title page by George Biddle. Original red morocco spine lettered in blind with raised bands black morocco label to front board lettered in gilt with publisher's device in blind top edge silver silken straw weave endpapers. With the original raffia-covered slipcase. Playbill for the original Broadway production at the Alvin Theatre loosely inserted. Foot of spine a little worn spine toned minor soiling to front cover slight separation at gutter between gatherings and endpapers slipcase a little worn; box bumped and faded: a near-fine copy in like slipcase. Walter Rimler George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait 2009. hardcover
06558New York: Random House 1935. One of the Great Signed American Musical Landmarks<br /> The Sumptuous Limited Edition of Porgy and Bess<br /> <br /> GERSHWIN George. Porgy and Bess. An Opera in Three Acts by George Gershwin. Libretto by Dubose Heyward. Lyrics by Dubose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Production directed by Rouben Mamoulian. New York: Random House 1935.<br /> <br /> First edition limited to 250 copies of which this is no. 167 signed by George Gershwin Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward and Rouben Mamoulian.<br /> <br /> Large quarto 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches; 310 x 235 mm. xiv 559 1 blank pp. Including color frontispiece and pictorial color title-page by George Biddle commissioned in connection with the original production. With the signed limitation leaf inserted at rear.<br /> <br /> Publisher's full red morocco front cover decoratively blind stamped and with a gilt-lettered black morocco label spine with two raised bands and two black morocco labels lettered in gilt straw endpapers top edge gilt. Spine with only the faintest touch of darkening. Housed in a later red cloth slipcase. A superb copy and one of the finest examples we have encountered.<br /> <br /> A particularly desirable example of one of the most important American musical publications of the twentieth century: the deluxe signed issue of Porgy and Bess issued in the year of the opera's first performances. The work opened first in Boston on September 30 1935 and reached New York's Alvin Theatre on October 10 1935 under the direction of Rouben Mamoulian. From the beginning it was understood as an ambitious and unprecedented undertaking - Gershwin's own attempt to unite operatic form with jazz spiritual folk and theatrical idioms in a distinctly American work.<br /> <br /> The present limitation is especially appealing in that it bears the signatures not merely of the composer but of the principal creative collaborators responsible for bringing the work to the stage: George Gershwin lyricist Ira Gershwin librettist DuBose Heyward and director Rouben Mamoulian. Copies signed by all four figures capture the collaborative nature of the production in a way few American musical books can match. The Library of Congress records the existence of this 1935 limited edition within the Gershwin materials further underscoring its place as the formal book publication of the original production.<br /> <br /> Few works of American musical theater or American opera have had a comparable afterlife. Whatever the critical debates that have accompanied it Porgy and Bess endures as Gershwin's most ambitious stage composition and one of the central monuments of American music. <br /> <br /> In the present handsome morocco binding and in such striking condition this is an unusually choice copy of a book that is increasingly difficult to secure well preserved. New York: Random House, 1935 unknown
06559New York: Gershwin Publishing Corporation 1935. A Presentation Copy to Leslie Bricusse from Ira Gershwin <br /> With a George Gershwin Signature<br /> As George and Ira so aptly put it "Who could ask for anything more"<br /> <br /> GERSHWIN George. The Theatre Guild Presents Porgy and Bess. Music by George Gershwin. Libretto by Dubose Heyward. Lyrics by Dubose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Settings by Sergei Soudeikine Orchestra Conductor Alexander Smallens Production directed by Rouben Mamoulian. New York: Gershwin Publishing Corporation 1935.<br /> <br /> First edition. Inscribed by Ira Gershwin: "For Leslie Bricusse-With warmest regards-Ira Gershwin."<br /> With an additional clipped signature of George Gershwin mounted beneath the portrait.<br /> <br /> Large quarto 12 1/16 x 9 1/8 inches; 306 x 232 mm. iv 559 1 blank pp. <br /> <br /> Publisher's stiff gray wrappers front cover lettered in black black spine near fine. Chemised in a maroon cloth folder housed in a quarter brown calf slipcase spine with five shallow raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments.<br /> <br /> A copy of exceptional resonance presented by Ira Gershwin to his friend and fellow lyricist Leslie Bricusse - one of the most accomplished figures in twentieth-century popular music. Bricusse was the recipient of two Academy Awards a Grammy and eight Ivor Novello Awards and was inducted into the American Songwriters' Hall of Fame - only the fourth Englishman so honored after Noël Coward John Lennon and Paul McCartney.<br /> <br /> His work spans more than forty musical shows and films including Stop the World - I Want to Get Off The Roar of the Greasepaint The Smell of the Crowd Doctor Dolittle and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and includes such enduring songs as "What Kind of Fool Am I" "Feeling Good" "Goldfinger" and "Pure Imagination" recorded by artists ranging from Frank Sinatra to Michael Bublé. Their friendship well documented and longstanding places this inscription within a genuine circle of artistic exchange rather than a formal or casual presentation.<br /> <br /> The libretto by DuBose Heyward is drawn from his 1925 novel Porgy and subsequent stage adaptation preserving the rhythms and cadences of life in Charleston's Catfish Row while shaping them into a dramatic structure of unusual cohesion for American musical theater. Heyward's text augmented by lyrics from both himself and Ira Gershwinprovided George Gershwin with a literary and emotional framework of rare depth allowing the score to move fluidly between operatic form spiritual blues and popular song. The result is one of the few American stage works in which music and text are so fully integrated as to justify Gershwin's own insistence that Porgy and Bess be regarded as an opera rather than a musical.<br /> <br /> Provenance: From the collection of Leslie Bricusse assembled over several decades with the close guidance of David Brass who first met Bricusse in 1968 and remained a trusted advisor and friend until his death in 2021.<br /> <br /> This direct and personal provenance - linking creator recipient and the dealer who helped form the collection - gives the volume a narrative strength rarely encountered in the market. New York: Gershwin Publishing Corporation, 1935 unknown
1935190205New York: Random House 1935. Gershwin's masterpiece - signed by George and Ira First edition signed limited issue number 229 of 250 copies bound in publisher's full red morocco and signed by George and Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward and Rouben Mamoulian this copy in exceptional condition the vulnerable spine labels present in entirely unrestored condition. In summer 1926 and in one sitting George Gershwin read DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy about the Gullah community in South Carolina. "The potential of this book to become the basis of a powerful opera his opera jumped out at him. In the morning he wrote to Heyward saying they ought to get together to discuss the idea" Rimler p. 21. Heyward's wife thwarted the immediate plan to adapt it into an opera by adapting the novel as a stage play Porgy and Bess which opened in 1927. On 3 November 1933 however it was agreed that Gershwin would write the score Heyward the libretto and that Heyward and Ira would collaborate on the lyrics. On its opening night 30 September 1935 Boston's Colonial Theatre gave the performance a 15-minute standing ovation and the work is now considered Gershwin's masterpiece. "Combining the dramatic structure of opera and the musical style of jazz and Tin Pan Alley the work was especially important in the development of American musical theater. Although it did not recoup its investment Porgy and Bess was an outstanding achievement that brought black singers to the Broadway stage in significant roles" ANB. Quarto 311 x 230 mm. Original red morocco spine lettered in blind with raised bands black morocco label to front board lettered in gilt with publisher's device in blind top edge gilt silken straw weave endpapers. Housed in the original raffia-covered slipcase. Colour frontispiece and pictorial title page by George Biddle. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown of Frank Rosengren San Antonio Texas. Spine toned small chip to second spine label slight contact discolouration to front and rear blanks from endpapers light wear to fragile raffia slipcase. A superior copy. Walter Rimler George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait 2009. hardcover
Q-0769200567Alfred Publishing. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alfred Publishing paperback
1935220117New York NY: Gershwin Publishing Corp. 1935. Soft cover. Very Good. 9 x 12. 559 pages in very good condition. Full vocal with condensed piano accompaniment. Pages are clean and unmarked with a page of black and white photographs at the front of the book. Page edges are darkened and smudged. Beige softcovers with dark blue titles. Covers are darkened and lightly stained. The binding feels a little bit loose at the spine. Covers are lightly worn around the edges. VG/- - <br/> <br/> Gershwin Publishing Corp. paperback
1993DADAX0769200567Alfred Publishing 1993-04-01. paperback. New. 9.00x1.32x12.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Alfred Publishing paperback
1935014510New York: Gershwin Publishing Corporation 1935. Uncommon in a hardcover binding. Very Good EX-LIBRARY. Professionally rebound in sturdy blue cloth lettered in white on the spine. 9" wide by 11.75" tall. A solid working copy especially desirable for those who prefer a hardcover binding. This is a large heavy book that will be sent by MEDIA MAIL. Priority and International shipment are also available but ONLY by special arrangement and at significantly greater cost. Moderate finger soil on the endpapers and edges of the text block. Pencil notes on a few early pages only. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. WITHDRAWN stamp on the rear endpaper. NO pocket. Frontispiece photos of George Gershwin Ira Gershwin and Du Bose Heyward. First Edition No date of publication is indicated. The title page reads in part: "Porgy and Bess. Vocal Score $12.00. Gershwin Publishing Corporation Sole Selling Agent Chappell & Co. Inc. 609 Fifth Avenue New York 17 N.Y." . 1st ed No additional printings listed. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY/No jacket. 559pp. Gershwin Publishing Corporation Hardcover
1935212351New York: Random House 1935. Limited. hardcover. very good. Libretto by Dubose Heyward; Lyrics by Dubose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. Frontispiece and title page decoration by George Biddle. Small folio full red leather professionally recased with most of the original spine preserved and with the black morocco labels restamped. New York: Random House 1935. First Edition. One of 250 copies autographed by both Gershwins Heyward and Rouben Mamoulian the director. A very good copy.<br/> <br/> Random House unknown
193532972Chappell & Co. London 1935 1935. originalgetreuer Einband Faks. . 4° 559s. in gutem Zustand CPA54b HC Chappell & Co., London 1935, unknown
1994Q-1576238482Alfred Publishing Co 1994-11-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alfred Publishing Co paperback
0571530850.Gsheet_music. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1942ABE-12844859881942 The stunning Gershwin opera/musical that swept the world is commemorated here in this large format 20 page souvenir programme for the second Broadway production widely regarded as the greatest production of this work ever. Many original cast members starred in it including the great Todd Duncan in the lead role. Many photographs are included but the chief glory is the wonderful Hirschfield cover design and drawing. The back page has a repaired tear but this is otherwise a great collectable. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good. paperback
CNAP098aSan Francisco: The Arion Press 2013. Hardcover. New. Walker Kara. Quarto 12-5/8 by 9-3/4 inches 136 pages. Prints editioned by Derrière L'Etoile Studio NYC under the supervision of Maurice Sanchez. Bound with red leather spine and printed cotton sides in slipcase. Edition of 400 numbered and signed copies for sale. This artist book of Porgy & Bess the libretto by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin is the occasion for Kara Walker's first series of lithographs. The book contains 16 lithographs<br /> <br /> Porgy & Bess has been controversial since its premiere in 1935; Kara Walker is known for her controversial art on themes of race violence and American history. In her Artist's Statement she says of the characters: "they've become archetypes of another no less grand drama that of: 'American Negroes drawn up by white authors and retooled by individual actors amid charges of racism and counter charges of high-art on stage and screen in the face of social and political upheaval over generations." <br /> <br /> This fraught status along with memories of her mother's reaction to a cast recording led her to render them in a straightforward way ".more an homage to the feeling of the music. And to that feeling I had as a child of a heavy atmosphere hanging around a timeless act of love."<br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br /> <br /> ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Arion Press hardcover
2013CNAP098bSan Francisco: The Arion Press 2013. Hardcover. New. Kara Walker. Quarto 12-5/8 by 9-3/4 inches 136 pages. Prints editioned by Derrière L’Etoile Studio NYC under the supervision of Maurice Sanchez. Bound with red leather spine and printed cotton sides in slipcase. Edition of 400 numbered and signed copies for sale. Additional suite of four lithographs different from the images in the book signed and numbered by the artist. This artist book of Porgy & Bess the libretto by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin is the occasion for Kara Walker’s first series of lithographs. The book contains 16 lithographs with another four images not in the book in a separate portfolio. <br /> <br /> Porgy & Bess has been controversial since its premiere in 1935; Kara Walker is known for her controversial art on themes of race violence and American history. In her Artist’s Statement she says of the characters: "they’ve become archetypes of another no less grand drama that of: ‘American Negroes drawn up by white authors and retooled by individual actors amid charges of racism and counter charges of high-art on stage and screen in the face of social and political upheaval over generations." <br /> <br /> This fraught status along with memories of her mother’s reaction to a cast recording led her to render them in a straightforward way "…more an homage to the feeling of the music. And to that feeling I had as a child of a heavy atmosphere hanging around a timeless act of love."<br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br /> <br /> ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Arion Press hardcover
19-2028Leningrad - Moscow: Everyman Opera 1955 - 1956. 8vo. 19 pp. illus. Very Good; Stapled Paper Wraps. Cover pages rubbed and lightly soiled. Text in Russian. Rare copy. Leningrad - Moscow: [Everyman Opera], 1955 - 1956. paperback
19864Paris : Bureau Artistique International - Théâtre de l'Empire, c.1953. Un programme in-4°, agrafé.
1953349081953 programme de la représentation de l'opéra joué au théâtre de l'Empire en février 1953 - plaquette agrafé (23x31 cm)sous couverture illustrée, 16 pages illustrées de photos en noir - bon état -
2008Q-0739056816Alfred Music 2008-09-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alfred Music paperback
200748659Jvc (Fenn Music), 2007. JM-XR24047 CD Digipak
1936181291936. Playbill from American folk opera "Porgy and Bess" composed by George Gershwin. Philadelphia 1936. Measures 6 x 9 inches. 4 pages. Includes full production credits cast list scene synopsis and list of musical numbers. From the post-Broadway tour stop at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia. The play featured a cast of classically trained African-American singers a risk on Broadway where it was initially unpopular. It would remain relatively obscure until a 1976 production in Houston received rave reviews and helped make this opera one of the best known and most frequently performed since. The story follows Porgy a disabled black beggar living in the slums of Charleston where he tries to rescue his beloved Bess from an abusive lover. Known for composing classics like "Rhapsody in Blue" George Gershwin deviated from category with "Porgy and Bess" a commercial failure for decades until time redeemed it. Faint middle crease where playbill was folded. Very good condition. unknown
0571516440.Gsheet_music. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
